Day One

Day One

It was a good day today! I had the day off work, which was really nice. I was pretty bummed at first that I had to miss Harvest Fusion Festival this weekend, but I lightened up when I realized I would have a little bit of time to organize my life. It was nice to press pause for a second.

Eating-wise, I didn't get off to a great start. I had two grilled cheese sandwiches (tillamook sharp cheddar cheese, birdman bread, and butter mmmm) I also ate some organic tomato soup.

I don't feel bad about eating those sandwiches at all. First of all, the ingredients were about to go bad and needed to be used up. From now on I can avoid buying those items. Plus it was really good and I was happy and I am still happy about it.

Mike went off to work around 2pm, and on my way to my house I stopped at Nitro to get a Frappe. I got a 16oz almond milk frappe with 1 pump of white chocolate.. when I really should have asked for a half of a pump because it was waaaaay too sweet. I felt a little sick about halfway through and then I stopped drinking it.

I feel good about getting some logistical things done. I went to Walgreens and exchanged lotions so that I had the unscented kind. I then went to the Salvation Army and returned a backpack that I bought last week and didn't end up using in the performance. It was ten dollars so I got a gift card with store credit. I browsed for a few minutes but then I decided I didn't feel like shopping and headed over to the community garden.

I am really happy about going to the community garden and watering my plants. My plants and I listened to the Grateful Dead Radio while I weeded and then I watered. I still have much weeding to do, but my arm was starting to sweat so I didn't want to mess up my tattoo.

I am extremely happy about what I did next, which was go to the park and practice hula hooping underneath the trees in the shade. I made a list of drills that I will try to run everyday or at least areas to focus on. It felt good to hoop and practice new skills. My hoop juggling is getting better all the time! I really do feel like a performance artist today. I can't wait to keep learning new things! I had fun listening to music and lying on my tapestry reading books and writing in my journal.

I made a smart food choice for dinner, which was a salad from the good food store with beets and spinach and peas and lemon tahini dressing and 3 garbanzo bean cakes. I want to make my own falafel that is a little healthier and it will probably be cheaper too. I would love to learn how to make the lemon tahini dressing but it just doesn't come out the same.

I need to start experimenting with salad dressings though, I bought a food processor and I barely ever use it. I would like to start utilizing my kitchen equipment including my juicer and Mike's crock pot.

Next, I worked on my blog and made a meal plan for tomorrow. I am going to have a green smoothie for breakfast and then I am going to the good food store to get a salad for lunch. I am going to bring carrot sticks with jalapeno hummus to work too. And I also need to buy broccoli and hemp milk. I either want to make pesto pasta with broccoli for dinner tomorrow night, or order a salad from the bridge.

I have no idea what I am going to eat for lunch on Sunday because I work a really long shift.  I'll need to bring something with me or else I will have to eat the Cracker Barrell. I am thinking I will get stuff to make a sandwich and have a sandwich for lunch? I wish I could get a sandwich from Market on Front. I am going to make a lot of money this weekend!

I think I will buy myself a set of Doodle Fans!

So I guess tomorrow at the good food store I will need to buy 1-2 salads, lara bars, hemp milk, dark chocolate, vegan brownies if they have them, avocado, tomato, cucumber, bread, and cheese. I think I will grill the sandwich before I pack it in my lunch for Sunday. It would be nice to have a salad for that day too, I have some dressing still. Salad and salad galore!!

Yes I have a bit of a sweet tooth. I just ate two carrot cake muffins. And some dark chocolate with almonds. My favorite! I am working on that. Right now I am focusing on all the GOOD things I did today. I think I did a pretty darn good job.

For instance, I am doing my laundry! AND I cleaned my room! Its not perfect but its 300% better than it was. I really do need to take out the trash though!

Yes, it was a very good day. A very good day indeed!

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This just in... breaking news!!

The Journey Begins

Greetings Earthlings! My name is Kat, welcome to my blog! This blog is an informal space for me to share my progress in fitness and health, as well as alternative lifestyle choices. I am aiming to lose about ten pounds, but really what I care about it being toned and strong for aerial fabrics and pole dancing. I am using this blog as a way to motivate myself and record my personal victories, pitfalls, and lessons learned. I have a few main goals for the rest of the summer, which I will obtain gradually as not to overwhelm myself.

First of all...

   So.. get over it I guess? And get used to it

For the rest of the summer and beyond, I am challenging myself to hula hoop for at least 30 minutes every single day. This is one of the most vital aspects of my training and I need to be running drills and learning combos. I also want to work on hoop juggling, fans, double staff and fire eating.

As far as conditioning for aerial fabrics, I want to be doing yoga six times per week for at least 20-30 minutes, even if I can't make it to a class. I am going to be attending aerial fitness whenever I can, as well as Barre and Pilates. I would like to get time on the fabrics two days a week and time working on pole work at least two days per week.

I will be putting together some exercises for training that I will be doing on alternate days, including yoga drills and lots of ab and arm work (and legs and glutes on  different days). I will share this routine on this blog when I have it all written up!

 I need to work on my cardio as well... like bad. I can't use my hamstring as an excuse anymore. I will be running and hiking at least 4 times per week. I want my heart rate to be UP! And more cartwheels! And more handstands! And more Dancing!!

Finally, I want to work on my teaching skills and teach yoga every single week. I also want to put together a hula hoop curriculum and start making choreographed dances for us to perform.

As for my eating habits and nutrition, I will be eating a whole foods diet as best as I can. I will record my progress on this blog to keep me accountable! I will also record my workouts and my flow practice. I most certainly want to be drinking more green juice.

So who is with me ?? Are you ready for a health and fitness overhaul??